Software Freedom Conservancy

#FOSSY in Portland, Oregon has begun! Free and Open Source software has returned to the Oregon Convention Center in July 2023.

Community-focused FOSS discussion on XMPP, FOSS in education, FOSS gaming, and AArch64/ARM64 on servers is going on.

https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/#thursday

@bradk @bugbear @mos_8502
Heya! We are a non-profit focused on ethical technology. Besides being the only organization currently doing copyleft license enforcement, we are focusing efforts on the software right to repair movement and we have a wide range of diversity and inclusion efforts including @outreachy
We're happy to help support the FOSS community in creating a fair and just technological society!

@rydia No live streaming this year but we are recording all the talks and will post them after the conference!

At #FOSSY on July 14, @chaoss@fostodon.org director of data science @geekygirldawn will help you gain a better understanding of how to grow the contributor base for your project, and build its community over the long term, using templates and other concrete best practices: https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/31/

One week until FOSSY! Be sure to register this week so we have an accurate head count for lunch and get your fancy printed badge (see blog post!). We're so thankful to our track organizers, speakers, sponsors, volunteers and community members who have helped us put this together ❤️
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/jul/06/fossy-next-week/

What better way to learn about FreeBSD than from FreeBSD Foundation executive director @dgoodkin and marketing coordinator Drew Gurkowski? You'll leave their July 13 #FOSSY workshop knowing how to set up and use a FreeBSD virtual machine:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/135/

Five letter acronym for free software conference you don't want to miss? Keep the Fun in #FOSSY with @gnome Director of Operations Rosanna Yuen, who will talk on July 13 about crossword puzzles and how to make them with free software:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/93/

Catch my Snowdrift? It's a nonprofit cooperative run by an international team driven by a common goal: To dramatically improve the ability of ordinary people to fund public goods -- hear more from co-founder @wolftune at #FOSSY in Portland on July 16:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/145/

FOSSY is happening next week!! Thursday the 13th in Portland at the Oregon Convention Center. Be sure to register this week so we can print your badge and get an accurate head count for lunch! https://2023.fossy.us/attend/tickets/

Talk non-profit boards with @ThePSF executive director
@baconandcoconut, at #FOSSY in Portland on July 15:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/32/ -- learn about the
different kinds of non-profit boards, long-term strategies for success
and some ways to course correct when it feels like things could be
better.

What we call "firmware" has changed quite a bit over the years. How
should the free software movement address the issues raised by modern
firmware practices? Join the discussion with award-winning author
@kyle at #FOSSY in Portland on July 14:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/86/

Is your project worried about maintainer burnout? Needing to help
develop new leaders? Wanting better technical decision making
processes? Learn about these topics and more with @shauna
at #FOSSY in Portland on July 14:
https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/40/

One great way to help out at FOSSY is to sign up for volunteering: https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/forms/s/GF8gkmQfSFdyHoaNPiTWeCCx
One 3 hour shift is all it takes to get a ticket to all 4 days of incredible talks and community building opportunities!

There's still time to book your hotel room for FOSSY! https://2023.fossy.us/travel/#hotels
Come visit Portland for 4 days of incredible FOSS talks, you can see our schedule https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/

Join us Thursday the 13th for registration and a welcome lunch, then there are 2 workshops and 3 tracks to choose from!
Grow Your Project Workshop, Free BSD Workshop, AArch64/ARM64 Servers and Open Source, FOSS For Education, XMPP

Friday the 14th we'll begin with a keynote and coffee and continue with FOSS For Education, Sustainable Open Source Business, Community: Open Source in Practice, FOSS at Play: Games, creative development, and open technology, and 2 half day tracks for BSD Unix and Copyleft and Compliance

Saturday the 15th has continuations for FOSS For Education and Community: Open Source in Practice also FOSS in Daily Life, Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS, Security, Issues in Open Work

Sunday the 16th rounds out the conference with day 2 of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS
and Software Worker Coops, Open Source AI + Data, Container Days, Science of Community

If you are looking to volunteer: https://2023.fossy.us/attend/volunteer/ we need help with setup/ cleanup, room hosting, code of conduct enforcement or any of the activities listed, please reach out to us here or conference@sfconservancy.org All volunteers will get a complimentary ticket, good for all 4 days of the conference.

If you haven't gotten your ticket yet, please register so we know how much lunch to order https://2023.fossy.us/attend/tickets/ and be sure to grab a room from our hotel block https://2023.fossy.us/travel/#hotels

And here's the schedule!! https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/ while the track days are set, talk times might be adjusted to accommodate speaker travel, so be sure to keep an eye on it if you are looking for a particular talk.
Thanks to all our fantastic track organizers and speakers for making this possible. We're incredibly excited to build and run this conference with you all. Can't wait to see you in Portland, OR July 13th-16th!